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  • Lawmakers heed call for super-highway cuts (Trans-Texas Corridor)

    02/24/2005 1:30:53 PM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 39 replies · 861+ views
    San Antonio Express-News ^ | February 24, 2005 | Patrick Driscoll
    Activists taking shots at the planned Trans Texas Corridor have found some legislators willing to take a stab at trimming the colossal super-highway and ensuring that state authorities control the toll rates. Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, who sits on the appropriations committee and is vice chairman of the House Rural Caucus, said she filed House Bill 1273 in an attempt to balance the huge scope of the corridor with grass-root concerns. "My goal is to better the concept," she said. "I will be very saddened for Texas if we don't have some assurances in place." Kolkhorst was joined by co-authors...